Calling to Mozambique
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘8’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Mozambique does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Mozambique (domestic dialing)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Mozambique. There is no trunk number used.
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Mozambican phone numbers explained
Number details
Mozambique numbers are eight to nine digits.
The first two to three digits represent a geographic area of the country.
Mobile numbers are represented by area codes starting with 8.
An example of a Mozambican phone number
The Southern Sun Maputo lists its phone number in Maputo as +258 21 495 050.
Number explanation
| 21 | 495 050 | ”495 |
| geographic (area) code for Maputo | local phone number within Maputo | ”local |
Long distance example – calling from Pemba, Mozambique (on the other side of the country)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Mozambique.
| 21 | 495 050 |
| geographic (area) code for Maputo | local phone number within Maputo |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile romaing in Mozambique)
Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Mozambique.
| 21 | 495 050 |
| geographic (area) code for Maputo | local phone number within Maputo |
International example – calling from outside Mozambique
To call from outside Mozambique, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Mozambique’s country code of ‘258’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 258 | 21 | 495 050 |
| exit code for the country the call is dialed from | country code for Mozambique | geographic (area) code for Maputo | local phone number within Maputo |
Calling from Mozambique
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Mozambique.
Sources and more resources
- Instituto Nacional das Communicacoes de Mozambique (INCM) – Mozambique’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Mozambique (country code +258) National Numbering Plan – Details of Mozambique’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Mozambique – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Mozambique. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Mozambique – Entry for Mozambique in the British Telecom international directory.